Unearthing innovation the Google way. You?

What is the most common line you’ve heard in the last 2 years? ‘Don’t start a business during a recession’. Am I right? Well, we’re still in an economic downturn but plenty of great start-ups have come out of it. In the business world opportunities never cease – so let’s turn this downturn into an [...]

Matt Snyder, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of SCIPIO biofuels, tells us about his green project and how he started it. He has a long history finding simple solutions to complicated technical problems. SCIPIO biofuels, was founded in August 2008, with a vision to become a pre-eminent supplier of algae oils and algae-based biofuels in [...]

“You had me at hello…” So went the famous line from Zellweger to Cruise in ‘Jerry MaGuire’. “You had me at positioning…” Or not – is the reality with investors. Particularly early stage investors. Your company’s strap line and one paragraph descriptor is the most important weapon you’ll ever have. Get it right. If you [...]

Leadership is example: 24 x 7. Are you?

No explanation needed on what the early stages of starting up are like! The market is a harsh critic on choices made by start-ups so what’s all the buzz about “sewing ethics into the fabric of your start-up from the get-go”. Are morals really such a big deal right from the get-go? Apparently, yes and a [...]

Paul Cash, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of Hurricane tells us about his start-ups. Paul is a creative agency leader and disruptive at every opportunity. Paul’s first venture was Tidalwave. Following that he created his latest start-up, Hurricane. Hurricane is a strategy driven, COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY for the digital age, provide branding, creative and digital services to market [...]

Yesterday we posted a video speech by Richard Branson on how entrepreneurs can be successful in a recession. He summarized the last 2 years economic carnage pretty well – you know, bank implosions, Detroit blues, credit calamity – ya de ya da. Then explained how in fact its a good time to build a new [...]

Richard Branson talks out on how entrepreneurs should build a start-up through the recession. Are you?

Great new start-ups are constantly getting launched – but hold on! Looking at the founders, something seems amiss… Yes, it’s the gender of the entrepreneurs! Where’s the women? With entrepreneurial DNA I don’t think anyone was talking about the ’Y’ chromosome that exists within men. No, it’s about having a great new idea and spotting an [...]

Matthew Currie Holmes is an active member of Innovatrs and founder of Darling Films. He talks about how he became a film producer and financier. Darling Films brings great screenplays to the people who have the power to make them into great films. Its goal is to purchase and develop scripts, work with writers to [...]

Yesterday saw the 10th anniversary of Nasdaq’s exuberant peak. Press abounded. Today, a decade ago, saw the start of it’s demise. Nasdaq is still less than half of its value at the peak. Yet its irrational exuberance created todays Web and tech titans. Amazon, Ebay, Yahoo, AOL, Salesforce.com, PayPal, Google and on. It triggered the broadband [...]

The founder of Meetup tells his story starting up the Webs leading site for local gatherings/meetings. A great case study on using the Web to shape a global trend – and create a generic brand. Meetup’s done for meetings what Hoover did for vacuum cleaners. Do you Meetup?

A host of famous, successful entrepreneurs dropped out of academia (check Steve Jobs), proving a university degree might not seem to be on the critical path when developing innovative, ground-breaking ideas. Yet a new survey by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) underpinned by experts from 31 countries claims otherwise! Apparently education is a key factor [...]

Premysl Pech, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of Binarynow tells us how he started up and converted a local software vendor into an international supplier with customers in 200 countries. Binarynow was founded in 2009 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida as a multi vendor, online software store offering essential software tools for everyday use. Innovatrs: What made [...]

I remember my father teaching me about the economic cycle. It’s really simple, he told me. It goes like this. Every 5 years each economy experiences a cycle of boom to bust. That’s 5 years from peak to trough. It’s just gravity. As hard as economists and politicians try to find ways to smooth the [...]

Great interview on how to innovate for social and sustainable development. Not just hard profits. Do you?

Fast Magazine has published its annual list of companies which made changes that mattered last year! Actions speak louder than words so with more than 400 million active members Facebook hit the top of the list. The revolutionary new concepts and features regularly introduced by Zuckerberg and crew got cloned by many, yet Facebook remains [...]

Thomas Hodges, award winning and internationally acclaimed photographic artist, founded the art movement “Imaginism” in 2006. His goal is to become an international household name in the world of photographic art and to establish a foundation, so that his legacy can continue to serve others. We believe that artists are the purest form of entrepreneur. [...]